Darrell A. PARKINS bought Stone’s Hardware in
Lacona in 1933 and sold it to Dale OSENBAUGH in 1956. He bought the
first TV in Lacona in 1949, a Raytheon with 12” round screen. The cost
was approximately $600.(Source: Chronology of the
early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and
John FORD sometime around 1980.)